Who has been the greatest live act ever?
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Topic: Who has been the greatest live act ever?
Posted By: Spiritinthesky
Subject: Who has been the greatest live act ever?
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 15:40
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Who has been the greatest live act ever? The Stones, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Queen, Pink Floyd, The Who, Bowie, Nirvana or someone else? This Day in Music have just started a poll to find out. If you fancy voting for who you think should win go to http://www.thisdayinmusic.com You can vote for any act, just go to 'other' on the list. ------------- "I gave up drugs when the doctor told me I had 6 months to live" Keith Richards |
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 15:56
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Horslips or Runrig. I saw Horslips in 1973 and danced non stop for nearly 3 hours in a mad melee with hundreds of fans I'd never met before. Sadly, I went to Canada and didn't see them again till 1977. I saw Runrig at The Barrowlands in Glasgow last December and they were astonishing. I've seen them many times before and they've been brilliant, but that was the best. Mind you, Mostly Autumn's christmas gigs are always something special, if you can get in. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 22:32
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Tool or Opeth. Tool live is like a spiritual experience.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 22:36
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Holy crap.... Spiritinthesky, you're a member of SS.org too? You posted this same thread over at SS, as soon as I saw the same title posted here, I became curious. Wow, that's kinda crazy. Add me as a friend over at SS.org if you want  And my answer is the same as what I posted in SS.org. /thread derail What kinda guitar you got? /derail over. ------------- 
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 22:43
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I don't know if anyone here has ever witnessed a HAWKWIND show....But the ones who did will wholeheartedly agree
.can't match that especially when Stacia was around
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 22:44
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GONG was also quite an experience...very trippy!!
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Posted By: zicIy
Date Posted: October 21 2008 at 03:53
| The Who |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 21 2008 at 04:46
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though U2 was the greatest live act I've seen, I gotta give it to the mighty Zep |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: October 21 2008 at 04:50
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Out of the ones listed on the website I've only seen Radiohead which was spectacular. Nine Inch Nails put on an amazing show as well and another band I wish I saw back in their prime was Jane's Addiction.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 12:46
| I rather enjoyed Peter Frampton in concert. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 13:40
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Forget music. Live shows are about LIVE SHOWS. A bunch of boring proggsters can't beat a KISS concert.... ------------- 
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: October 23 2008 at 05:03
| I'll always remember early Jethro Tull with awe!!!!!! |
Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: October 23 2008 at 05:44
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i saw barclay james harvest few years back in london and it was the best rock concert i ever saw..the selection of songs was right, the sound quality and clarity was top notch, and i was blown away by the late and great mel pritchard! ..
also enjoyed camel immensely in their dust and dreams tour...
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 15:59
That's soooo damn f*cking true
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The T wrote:Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 21:39
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Pink Floyd,Genesis ,Queen,Alice Cooper
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 19:11
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The good old Greatful Dead....went to one show, didn't get home until two months later! ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Trademark
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:29
| Foe me it's a strange tie between Black Oak Arkansas (circa 1973) and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band from the same year. so different, but both so much fun. Why isn't S.A.H.B. in the archives anyway? |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 21:26
| Lightnin' Hopkins put on a pretty good show back in the day... |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 21:46
Forget KISS, Liberace had the fire (candelabras) and the costumes (sequined tuxes) way before KISS.
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Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 00:38
The Flaming Lips     I carried confetti in my pockets for about a week after their show. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 00:40
hell yeah, best in the business when they were on  |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 00:45
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Green Day
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 01:25
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Frank Zappa Halloween shows, though ive never been to one myself. but really, Phish ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 01:31
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Gabriel Genesis, just imagine watching The Lamb with those screens passing 5,000 photos when computers were not availlable and Peter gabriel appearing simultaneously at the two extremes of the stage (Of course it was a guy dressed like him).
And nobody filmed it, so it will always be like an urban myth.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 02:09
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Me. I tripped a girl over 3 times when playing guitar at a school performance thingo. Plus I do my headbanging of doom when I play Flight Of Icarus by Iron Maiden. -------------
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 02:13
Gwar!   ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 02:20
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Ohhh. forgot about Gwar. I just got topped by Gwar  -------------
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Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 12:35
I´m with you crimson87, so I´ll go with the better I´ve ever seen: AC/DC
A show is a show, so what does it matter? If is a show, the better is the one who really
makes you move and the one you´ll never forget ------------- The water rushes over all cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 05:20
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How about Rock Bitch? Definitely the most pornographic live show. I saw some of their videos.
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 05:42
| What, no one's mentioned G. G. Allin yet? |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 12:01
That's extending the definition of "Greatest" into a very gray area. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 12:25
The graytest of them all, pardon the pun. For those who'd like to do a search for G. G. Allin - the warning in my sig applies. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 17:24
| Funnily, your signature is well accorded to the reference to GG Allin. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 19:47
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I found a used GG Allin DVD, watched it once, and tossed it. That dude was just broken, not really entertaining. Obviously someone was entertained by him.
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